Another man of colour has been shot by American police. The latest man to be killed was 43 year old Keith Lamont Scott who was shot to death on Tuesday.

According to police, they were in the area to serve a warrant to someone else when they noticed Mr. Scott sitting in his car. They ordered him out of the vehicle and he ended up shot to death. Police say that Mr. Scott pointed a gun at them. A handgun was found at the scene.

That version of events diverges from evidence provided by Mr. Scott’s daughter.

"The daughter of Keith Lamont Scott says that her father did not have a gun, that he was not armed, and that he was sitting in the car reading a book waiting on his son to get off a bus from school," she says. NPR

While the truth and evidence may be hard to find here, it remains that in the USA, many men of colour seem to be targets of police harassment and often violence.

Tuesday night saw a gathering of angry people who started peacefully chanting and shouting out their anger at another black man dead at the hands of the police. Around 11 pm the angry people began to throw bottles and rocks at police and their cruisers.

The authorities replied with helicopters, scores of police in riot gear and tear gas.

It may be surprising to some that the US Representative for the area, Robert Pittinger, declared that the black people hate white people because white people are successful. He later tried to take back that assertion as condemnation of his bigoted speech started to roll in.

Wednesday night protests resumed. One of the protesters was shot and is critical condition on life support. Authorities state that it was a fellow protester who fired a gun.

On Friday, video recorded by Scott’s wife on her cell phone, showed some of the events leading to the death of her husband. She is heard to shout at the police officers that her husband has a brain injury and that he was unarmed. Three of the officers were wearing cameras. The fourth officer was in plain clothes. There was also a dash camera on one of the police cars. Those videos have not yet been released.

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